Horseshoe pad



H. S. CARYL.

HORSESHOE PAD.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.I6,I919- RENEWED JAN. 17.1922.

Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

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HARRY S. CARYL, OF SCRAINTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOLOUIS 1B. LANDAU, OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

HORSESI-IOE PAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

Application filed December 16, 1919, Serial No. 345,296. Renewed January17, 1922. Serial No. 529,998.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY S. CARYL, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Scranton, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Horseshoe Pads, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to horseshoe pads, and its principal objects are toprovide a pad which may be used in connection with the ordinary form ofhorseshoe to prevent slipping on wet or icy streets and at the same timerelieve or prevent soreness of limbs, tendons, or hoofs. I

A further object is to provide'a pad which will be simple, practical,and economical to manufacture; and my invention consists in the novelconstruction, details, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an underneath perspective view of myimproved pad applied with the shoe to a horses hoof,

- Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the pad,

Fig. 3 is a top plan, and

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device.

1 indicates my improved pad which is formed of suitable resilientmaterial such as rubber and fabric impregnated with rubher, and consistsof an upper or web por-- tion 2 covering the surface of the hoof andhaving a concavity 8 disposed so as to lie beneath the frog of the hoofwhen the pad is applied. The lower or tread portion 4 of the pad is ofless area than the web portion and is grooved or recessed at 5 toreceive the ordinary metal shoe 6, the groove being of such depthrelatively to the width of the shoe as to leave the nail holes 7 of theshoe exposed. The tread portion 4: is provided with a raised wearingsurface com prising a heel 9 and a main portion 10 fol lowingsubstantially the contour of the front part of the shoe and havinginwardly projecting members 11, extending part way across the treadportion, leaving the center open so as to cause the weight to be appliedat the outer rim over the metal shoe and at the heel. The heel 9 isspaced apart from the main wearing portion as shown in Fig. l. Thewearing surfaces 11 are of less added height than the depth of theconcavity 3, and thus it will be seen that as the weight of the horsecompresses the pail, this weight is all borne by the heel and thewearing surface around the outer edge of the tread portion, and no partof the strain is borne by the center or frog of the foot, which is oneof the important objects of the invention.

In the application of my invention, the metal shoe is first fitted intothe recess 5 of the pad and both are nailed to the hoof in the usualmanner by nails, passing through the web portion 2 of the pad.

The concavity 3 may be packed with medicine in case of diseased hoofs,or may hold a wet sponge in hot weather to cool the foot.

lWhat I claim is:

1. A resilient horseshoe pad comprising an upper or web portion havingaconcavity therein and a tread portion having a groove for the receptionof a metal shoe, a wearing surface partially covering the shoe, and afurther raised wearing surface being less in raised height than thedepth of the concavity in. the web portion.

2. A resilient horseshoe pad comprising an upper or web portion having aconcavity therein and a tread portion having a groove for the receptionof a metal shoe, a wearing surface partially covering the shoe andhaving inwardly extending projections so disposed as to leave the centeropen, and a raised heel portion spaced from the main wearing surface.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

HARRY S. CARYL.

